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EUROPE

EUROPE

Russian, Chinese and North Korean investors are planning to open a new container handling facility at Primorskii Krai in Russia. The facility, which will eventually be able to handle 400,000 teu annually,…

6th December 2009

New multi-national box terminal in Russia

6th December 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Forsyth Barr senior investment analyst Jeremy Simpsons review of the annual reports of 11 New Zealand ports has revealed that total cargo volume comparably fell during the year despite a slight average…

5th December 2009

NZ volumes down but boxes up

5th December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ust-Luga Port in Russia is to issue state-backed bonds worth $695m.

5th December 2009

Russia to back Ust-Luga bonds

5th December 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Annual ship emissions of nitrogen oxides in the Baltic Sea could be cut by around 270,000 tons by 2015 by the application of an emissions charge, according to a new study entitled…

5th December 2009

New Baltic Sea NOx Study published

5th December 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Copenhagen...The award was given to a Danish Port that had taken an extraordinary initiative within sustainable development, environment, energy and climate.

4th December 2009

Port of Kolding wins Danish Ports Initiative Award

4th December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Of all the European Union countries, ports in Portugal and Spain have reportedly fared worse in the current economic downturn, with traffic down 12.3% at the former and 12% at the latter…

3rd December 2009

Spanish and Portuguese ports worst EU performers

3rd December 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The ports industry released what must have been a collectedly-held breath when on Wednesday the Government of Dubai finally told investors that DP World and its debt are not included in the…

3rd December 2009

Ports free of Dubai woes – almost

3rd December 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Concerns around the vulnerability of container cranes to even moderate earthquakes has triggered a US-based seismic performance study which is due to take place this week.

3rd December 2009

Crane study shakes things up

3rd December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A container terminal tender has been issued by the Mexican Port of Tuxpan in the State of Veracruz.

3rd December 2009

Tuxpan terminal tender issued

3rd December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have drawn up plans to eliminate the claiming process for cargo carried by clean trucks.

2nd December 2009

Responding to recession

2nd December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Cartagena Port Authority is planning to start construction of a new container port at El Gorguel in 2013. A tender for an environmental impact assessment is due to be issued shortly.

2nd December 2009

Cartagena pushes on with El Gorguel

2nd December 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World has detected stabilisation in the decline of container traffic - despite a 6% drop in traffic in Dubai for the third quarter of this year.

2nd December 2009

DP World detects market stabilisation

2nd December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

ICTSI has just beaten the competition for the $771 million terminal concession at Manzanillo.

2nd December 2009

Manzanillo win for ICTSI

2nd December 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new benchmark for cleaning shipping containers in Australia has been set by AWH Logistics at North Fremantle.

2nd December 2009

Green clean for containers

2nd December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Studies carried out by Ocean Shipping Consultants suggest that it will not be until 2012 at the earliest that Genova Port will be able to return to traffic levels last seen in…

1st December 2009

Genova to recover 2007 traffic levels by 2012

1st December 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Montreal...Federal Marine Terminals (FMT), operating ten terminalsacross the Great Lakes and the Eastern Seaboard, has unveiled its environmentalpolicy on its website. FMT is one of the first marine terminal operators to make…

1st December 2009

Canadas Federal Marine Terminals unveil new green policy

1st December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Rotterdam is to give a one-off rebate in 2010 on both sea and inland harbour dues.

30th November 2009

Rotterdam to offer rebates

30th November 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Although the level of emissions of CO2 by the shipping industry is largely determined by world trade, multilateral collaborative action is needed to ensure signifi cant reductions. Simon Bennett, Secretary of the…

29th November 2009

Reducing shipping’s CO2 emissions

29th November 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

PrimePort Timaru recently made 24 workers redundant and re-employed them on part-time contracts in response to major shipper Fonterras port-use revamp reducing its annual container throughput from 61,000 to 37,000 teu.

29th November 2009

Primeport culls staff base

29th November 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Local residents and port workers at the Peruvian Port of Salaverry have protested against the proposed privatisation of the installation.

28th November 2009

Privatisation protests at Salaverry

28th November 2009